Fire incidentA 50-year-old man died after a house he was in caught fire in Kiamaina Village, Mathira West, Nyeri County.
The incident occurred at about 10:30 pm on October 6, 2026, police said.
Police officers who visited the scene established that a three-roomed house belonging to Bernard Wahire Muraguri had been completely destroyed by the fire.
Muraguri’s severely burnt body was found inside the house, police said.
The Karatina Fire Brigade responded and put out the fire, while Scenes of Crime personnel processed the scene.
The body was removed and taken to Karatina Sub-County Hospital mortuary pending autopsy. Household goods of unknown value were also destroyed in the fire.
The cause of the fire had not been established, and investigations are ongoing.
And a three-year-old girl died after being trapped in a house that was destroyed by fire in Njuri Village, Tharaka Nithi County.
The incident occurred on October 6, 2026, police said,
Police officers visited the scene.
They established that the two-bedroom semi-permanent house, owned by a 75-year-old woman, had been completely destroyed by the fire, with nothing salvaged.
The child was trapped inside the house during the fire and died.
Police processed the scene before removing the body to Chuka Hospital mortuary, where it is being preserved pending a post-mortem examination.
The cause of the fire had not been established, and investigations are ongoing.
Elsewhere, a 58-year-old man was killed and his body found beside a road in Magoto Village, Wasweta II Sub-Location, Suna South Location, Migori County.
The incident was reported to Bondo Nyironge Police Station at about 10:30 pm on September 6, 2026, after the man was found dead at around 8 pm.
Police officers who visited the scene identified the deceased as Ojowi Amara, a Luo male adult and resident of Ndonyo B.
He had cuts on the head, face and left ear and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The motive for the killing had not been established.
Police processed the scene before removing the body to Migori County Referral Hospital mortuary, where it awaits autopsy as investigations continue.
Meanwhile, a one-year-old girl drowned after she was found submerged in a bucket of water inside her family home in Ndima Kanini Village, Mathira East, Nyeri County.
The girl was reportedly left alone in the house by her 19-year-old mother on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
Police said the mother, who lives with her own mother, had gone to visit a cousin who lives approximately 300 metres from their home.
She spent about 10 minutes there before returning home and finding the child submerged in a 20-litre blue bucket that was approximately half full of water.
She immediately removed the child from the bucket and alerted neighbours.
The girl was rushed to Kiangai Health Centre, where she was pronounced dead on arrival by a clinical officer.
Police officers visited the scene and documented the incident.
The body was subsequently removed to Karatina Hospital Mortuary for post-mortem examination.
Police established that the child was originally from Mathira East Sub-County, under the jurisdiction of Kiaruhiu Police Station, although the incident occurred in Ndima Kanini.
